History of Education, vol. 44, no. 4, 2015, pp. 480-502
Description
Looks at differences in Canadian and American education policies between 1930 and 1970. Covers topics on Canadian residential schools in B.C., American boarding schools in Washington State, and the role of churches in Canadian policy.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 1993, pp. 43-73
Description
Analysis of the Choctaw, who live in the southeastern Oklahoma timber region, and how they survive in the face of land alienation and economic challenges to their traditional strategies, in order to maintain a livelihood.
File contains a discussion paper by Robert Doucette, Don Kossick, Marlene Larocque, and Emil Bell. The first three presenters discuss their work with CUSO, the Canadian University Services Overseas, an International Development organization confronting what they term "structural apartheid in colonial countries including Canada. Included in this discussion is public education on institutional racism. Bell discusses the particular problems faced by people in prostitution and the lack of support services available for them.
The file contains an open forum presentation by Ron-Wayne Hoekstiza. Hoekstiza, an Ojibwa man who was removed as a youth from his family by social services and raised by a Dutch couple in Europe, discusses his personal struggles to reclaim his identity, his views on the Royal Commission, and his views on Aboriginal peoples. Following the presentation Commissioner Sillett thanks Hoekstiza for his comments and discusses the situation in northern Labrador and Davis Inlet which he referenced, and where she is originally from.
The file contains a presentation by Jeanette Castello. Castello states that her presentation is "based on the theme working together towards a positive change presented on behalf of the Tsimshian community of Kitselas." Castello discusses traditional self-government practices, and problems brought on by colonialism.